You’ve probably heard of the Midas Touch, but I’ve this week, I’ve been wrestling with the Avery Touch.It’s what happens when my 11-year-old son, Avery, comes in contact with any item. It has a tendency to disappear.On Friday, I sent Avery to school in his fifth jacket of the week.

While most health departments will provide physicals, immunizations, maternal health and communicable disease treatment, Pender County now offers medical care for things like sore throats, checkups, referrals to specialists and other primary care services.

When the three original members of Mustaches for Kids walked into a bar sporting thick upper-lip hair six years ago, people stared at them like they were crazy.Times have changed.Last night, about 300 people showed up to Kefi, 2012 Eastwood Road, in support of the organization, 250 of them in costume and sporting a ’stache.

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Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah. Rabbi Harley Karz-Wagman explains the significance of the holiday, a Jewish dedication to serve God, the values that God teaches us, instead of the values we learn around us when the two conflict.

It is also a time to find your strength through caring for people around you. Friday night, Jewish families around the world will light the first Hanukkah candle, and chant blessings over their menorahs, or candle holders.

“Tonight we’re going to feel that warmth and energy, that wonderful sense of comfort that comes to us on this darkest, and beginning of the coldest time of year,” explained Rabbi Harley Karz-Wagman.

The Temple of Israel will have a first candle lighting ceremony at 8:00 p.m. tonight on Fourth and Market Street.

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Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah. Rabbi Harley Karz-Wagman explains the significance of the holiday, a Jewish dedication to serve God.